After releasing his 3rd generation mining spaceship, Lin Dong quickly returned to his mining spaceship.

The self-activation function in the personal support system was already used to control the his battleship. Hence, Lin Dong did not need to command the battleship in the command cabin, he could command it from afar.

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However, the self-activation function consumed Lin Dong's spiritual energy, so he was unable to make too detailed movements. For example, if he commanded it to engage in a battle, it was likely that he would run out of spiritual energy before the battle ended. He could only wait until his physical fitness improved in the future before he could control it even more precisely.

However, he only needed to control the movement of Thunder Flash and not participate in battle. It was sufficient.

After returning to his mining spaceship's cabin, Lin Dong gave it a try. Soon after, he had the Thunder Flash turn around and head deeper into the mining area.

All he needed to do was wait for the buffer time of the exterior simulation to end before activating it again.

After activating the exterior simulation, his Thunder Flash could fuse with the surrounding environment. Searching it in the vast galaxy was just like searching for a needle in a haystack.

A day later, just like the past few years, Lin Dong piloted his mining spaceship and returned to Planet A399 with a considerable harvest.

After landing, he handed the ore over to Cade and returned home.

Just like his habits from the past few years, he did not make many changes in his life.

Lin Dong did not want to attract attention because of his abnormal actions. Keeping a low profile and hiding were the most important things at the moment.

On the way home, the surrounding environment did not change much. It was as if he did not know that 2 Spark battleships had already entered.

The next day.

Lin Dong woke up in the morning. After eating breakfast, he began to log into the interstellar miners' communication network.

Miners would share anything that they found interesting on the communication network. Occasionally, they would talk about the big and small matters that happened in Planet A399.

However, there was basically nothing much on the network. At most, some miners would show off the ores and minerals that they had dug up.

After checking the communication network, Lin Dong's heart relaxed a little as there was no discussion about the battleship.

At this moment, his Thunder Flash had already activated the exterior simulation. If it was not discovered, it would be able to enter the alternate space battlefield when the next safety period arrived.

Each mining session would take around 3 days, while entering the alternate space battlefield would take 24 hours. In other words, Lin Dong would need to stay in the alternate space battlefield for an entire day. The remaining 2 days would require him to return to the mining area and mine.

The harvest could not be much lower than usual, and it had to be maintained at a normal level.

Only in this way would he be able to conceal his abnormality.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lin Dong continued to pay attention to the news on the Internet.

He had changed the Thunder Flash's flight route in advance, and before inheriting the battleship, he had dug up 5 units of mineral crystals, which was extremely effective in alleviating his current situation.

At least he did not have to worry about the standard energy blocks.

The energy blocks themselves were very common. They were used by many kinds of spaceship engines. It could be used on large-scale engineering equipment as well.

It was mainly made up of high-energy fuel. It was less than 20 centimeters in size, 1,000 yuan per energy block. It was normal to buy 2 or 3 at a time. It was understandable to buy more and store some of them.

However, with the size of the Spark battleship, a mere dozen standard energy blocks were not enough.

The exterior simulation and space jump device would require 100 standard energy blocks each.

If Lin Dong purchased too many energy blocks, it would be extremely suspicious because he was a miner.

This was because he did not need that many energy blocks, and it was useless to store them unless there were other special uses.

Furthermore, he needed to keep a low profile at this moment.

In his previous life, Lin Dong did not have enough energy blocks to power his battleship and it was not convenient for him to purchase them from authentic sellers. In the end, he chose to buy them from the black market.

At that time, he made a deal with the boss of an unfamiliar merchant group and bought them at a price that far exceeded the market price.

However, in the end, he was betrayed by the boss of the merchant group. Originally, he only had to deal with the pursuers of the Sylvester family. From then on, the unfamiliar merchant group was chasing him too.

These local forces were even more troublesome to deal with than the Sylvester family.

This was because they knew where Lin Dong would hide.

In the end, Lin Dong was forced to leave this planet and flee somewhere else.

Baron Darkmoon's 9th merchant group's boss, Toya.

Toya was one of the people that Lin Dong had highlighted in his notes!

Without him, Lin Dong would still be able to enjoy a period of peaceful life and live a little longer.

However, even though he was still lacking standard energy blocks, the mineral crystals that Lin Dong had dug up previously were still with him. As a high-energy material, the mineral crystals could be used as an emergency energy source for the Spark battleship.

The disadvantage of using mineral crystals as energy source was that the cost was too high and it might cause some damage to the engine.

Lin Dong had 5 units of low-grade mineral crystals. For emergency use, he could provide 5,000 units of energy for the Spark battleship. In addition to the remaining energy on the battleship, it was sufficient.

These energy reserves saved a lot of effort and prevented unnecessary risks.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Dong turned off the miners' communication network. He changed his clothes and went out. After which, he walked toward the Thousand Leaf net café in the central business district.

The Thousand Leaf net café occupied 2 entire floors of the central business district. It was equipped with 200 'Star Region Communication Platform' access cabins.

The cost of each access cabin was 200 million. In addition to transporting it to this remote mining planet, the transportation cost was about 80 million. The reason why it was so expensive was mainly because it could carry out 'Star Region Communication'.

Each star region had different forces and they were on guard against each other. Hence, they would not open their communication networks with each other.

If 2 star regions wanted to communicate, they would have to rely on the 'Star Region Communication Platform' access cabin. The merchant behind it was also the merchant who had developed the 'Sea of Stars'.

Their background was incomparably powerful. No forces had ever dared to provoke them.

After Lin Dong entered the Thousand Leaf net café, he went to the front desk and asked for access for an standard cabin. After entering the room, there were quite a number of posters to promote different virtual reality games.

Among them, the poster page for 'Sea of Stars' was the largest.

Looking at the familiar scene, Lin Dong smiled.

This was the game that he had mentioned to Lorne on the Thunder Flash. His initial understanding of battleships had indeed come from this.

Other than 'Sea of Stars', no one would take the initiative to spread the knowledge of battleships to the commoners.

With his passion for battleships, Lin Dong would come to the net café at least 5 times a month. 90% of his time was spent on 'Sea of Stars'. In order to maintain his previous habit, he specially came here.

He lay down in the 3 meter long and 2 meter wide black access cabin. Then, he pressed the activation button on the left armrest.

The cabin door was tightly shut and a gentle female voice sounded beside his ear.

"Do you wish to connect to the Star Region Network?"

"Yes. Connect."

"Connecting now. Please wait a moment."